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For Immediate Release Contact: Adorn Lewis-Mitchell,312.318.9696

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ICE Theaters Announces

Truth B Told Film Series Lineup for Black History MonthCelebrating Unsung Black Films and Filmmakers

CHICAGO (February 1, 2013) The art of storytelling for Blacks has its roots with

Illinoisan and independent cinema pioneer Oscar Micheaux, who was the first

African American to produce a feature-length film (The Homesteader) in 1919. At

17 years old, Micheauxmoved to Chicago and went on to make more than 30 films

over the next three decades.

Since that time, the number of Black filmmakers and directors has risen

exponentially. Today, Black directors are in demand and at the helm of some of

the top blockbuster and independent films, including: Spike Lee (Inside Man), John

Singleton (Four Brothers), Hughes Brothers (The Book of Eli), Denzel Washington

(American Gangster), Melvin Van Peebles (Baadasssss!), Malcolm D. Lee (The Best

Man), F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job), Steve McQueen (Shame), KasiLemmons

(Silence of the Lambs), Dee Rees (Pariah), Robert Townsend (The Five Heartbeats),

Suzanne de Passe, Lee Daniels (Precious), Antoine Fuqua (Training Day), Gina

Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball), Bill Duke (Not Easily Broken), Charles

Burnett (Killer of Sheep), Michael Schultz (The Last Dragon), Ernest Dickerson

(Bulletproof), Carl Franklin (Out of Time), Mario Van Peebles (Ali), Bill Duke

(Hoodlum), and the list goes on.

ICE Theaters pays tribute to Black filmmakers and directors with Truth B

Told, its annualBlack History Month film series. The four-week program is a

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showcase of seldom seen classics and new indie films from around the world.

Truth B Told presents films by filmmakers who bring stories with compelling

content and a human dimension seldom presented in mainstream cinema. The

screenings

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provide a context for lively discussions as well as audience interaction and are

moderated by program director Floyd Webb, along with local scholars,

screenwriters and directors.

All screenings during Black History Month are held on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

at ICE Lawndale 10 Theaters, located at 3330 W. Roosevelt Road, and featurespecial guests. Here is the Black History Month lineup:

Phunny Business: A Black Comedy (Feb. 6) Is a bittersweet valentine

to All Jokes Aside, a little known, but extremely influential, black-owned comedy

club. Comedy, race and Chicago politics collided at this cultural gem. The

humorous telling of this storyaims to provoke discussion and, in some small way,

promote a greater understanding between the races. In person: All Jokes Aside Co-

Founder Raymond Lambert, local comedians.

India from K-Town (Feb. 13) India Meadows, an inner city high school

senior, overcomes her devastating past when a top Chicago fashion designer,

Barbara Bates, makes a promise that changes her life forever. In person: Beverly

Price, Barbara Bates.

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Feb. 20) In a forgotten but defiant bayou

community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old

girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and

extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with

the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. In person: WVON

personalities.

The Wiz 35th Anniversary Sing-A-Long (Feb. 27) An urbanized retelling

of L. Frank Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz featuring an entirely African-

American cast. The Wiz was adapted from the 1975 Broadway musical of the

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same name. With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell. In person: Tin

Man, Scarecrow, Lion.

In addition to Black History Month, ICE Theaters holds its ongoing Black

World Cinema series.These screenings are scheduled the first Wednesday of each

month at ICE Lawndale 10 Theaters, located at 3330 W. Roosevelt Road. For more

information, visit www.icetheaters.com.

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